War and Peace? Bring it! Every single word of Silas Marner? Amateurs! What about 72 hours of Sherlock Holmes? Bliss! “‘There is an appetite for the epic that has simply surpassed our expectations,’ says Celia De Wolff, who has produced and directed a marathon adaptation of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, to be broadcast over three days” in Britain. “Event radio like this gives the audience a sense of achievement.” – The Observer (UK)
Tag: 08.18.19
The Nashville Symphony Is ‘Taking A Break’ From Its Free Day Of Music
The claim: The event takes up an incredible amount of time and money, and the symphony says “our understanding of our role in the community has begun to change.” Therefore, “the staff is evaluating [Free Music Day] and a lot of other programs to determine if they are the best offerings for listeners and performers.” – The Tennessean
The Dutch, Overwhelmed With Tourists, Have Been Fighting Back
Here’s the deal: “Some 19 million tourists visited the Netherlands last year, more people than live there. For a country half the size of South Carolina, with one of the world’s highest population densities, that’s a lot.” – The Atlantic
Work Is Now Scheduled To Begin On Reconstructing Notre Dame In 2020 – But Has The Lead Danger Truly Gone?
Work stopped entirely on July 25 to ensure that tests were done and the workers were safe, because many tons of lead burned or melted when the spire fell in the fire in April. But work will resume Monday, and “after reassuring measurements on air quality, the debate focused on the concentration of lead on soils around Notre-Dame and in some schools on the left bank.” – Le Monde (France)
Now That HBO Has Rid George R.R. Martin Of That Damned TV Show, He Says He Can Get On With Writing
Martin, famously far, far behind on his books in The Song of Ice and Fire series (which became The Game of Thrones on HBO), says, “Having the show finish is freeing, because I’m at my own pace now. I have good days and I have bad days and the stress is far less, although it’s still there… I’m sure that when I finish A Dream of Spring you’ll have to tether me to the Earth.” – The Observer (UK)
Art Spiegelman Had To Withdraw From Marvel For Likening The US President To A Fascist Comic Book Villain
This week in comics news: “Cartoonist Art Spiegelman, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his graphic novel Maus, withdrew his introduction to a new Marvel comics collection after its publisher insisted he remove a description of Donald Trump as ‘Orange Skull,’ drawing a comparison between the president and Captain America’s fascist enemy, the Red Skull.” – Newsweek
Moving Art Out Of The Galleries
In Brisbane, the Trace show is taking art to bakeries, luggage repair shops, and mechanic shops. The point? To “democratize” the art. – The Guardian (UK)